Table 4 Spearman correlation coefficients between environmental variables and the coordinates of the sampling months for each of the ordination axes (nMDS) of the decapod crustacean community in the global nMDS ordination displaying all monthly sampling points. r = value of the Spearman correlation coefficient; p = significance level. (*) = pre-Log transformation.

From: Trends in the decapod crustacean community at the southernmost estuary of the Atlantic coast of Europe

 

Estuary

N = 105

Axis I

Axis II

Salinity

 r

0.55

− 0.17

 p

< 0.01

> 0.05

Temperature

 r

0.81

0.02

 p

< 0.01

> 0.05

Daylight hours

 r

0.58

0.32

 p

< 0.01

< 0.01

Turbidity*

 r

− 0.57

− 0.04

 p

< 0.01

> 0.05

Rainfall*

 r

− 0.58

− 0.11

 p

< 0.01

> 0.05

FSW discharges*

 r

− 0.16

0.14

 p

> 0.05

> 0.05

M. slabberi*

 r

0.71

0.13

 p

< 0.01

> 0.05

  1. The Highest correlation coefficients in axis I and II are in bold. Axis I in the nMDS is the horizontal axis (Axis X), and Axis II is the vertical axis (Axis Y).
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